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Mike @2adult2person.gobirds.online · 9h

god shut upppppppppppppppppp

Mike Petriello
‪@mikepetriello.bsky.social‬
This is part of why I like the regular season extra runner because .. in theory, extra inning games that go on very long sounds fun, but in practice, they all just start to look like *this.*

Charlie O'Connor @charlieoconn.bsky.social · 10h

I saw a shot of Kyle Schwarber with the Cubs for the first time in years last night and realized back then he looked like an extra in a Limp Bizkit music video

Chris Towers is in Offseason Mode @cptowers.bsky.social · 10h

Alternately: Logan Gilbert looks like the new lead singer for Puddle of Mudd with this goatee looks

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Charlie O'Connor @charlieoconn.bsky.social · 13h

Then yeah, I think a new voice at the top is needed.

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Charlie O'Connor @charlieoconn.bsky.social · 13h

I'm okay with keeping Thomson if you make big changes to the roster. Like, if the plan is to drop Schwarber/Realmuto/Bohm/Casty and replace them with new guys, I can buy seeing if Thomson's voice resonates better with a new group.

If it's mostly going to be tweaks though, then you need a new voice.

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Charlie O'Connor @charlieoconn.bsky.social · 19h

Luchanko got the first rep, so it does seem like he might be in tomorrow, along with Grebenkin.

Charlie O'Connor @charlieoconn.bsky.social · 20h

Looks like main lines today are:

Konecny - Couturier - Michkov
Dvorak - Zegras - Tippett
Foerster - Cates - Brink
Grebenkin - Luchanko/Abols - Hathaway

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Charlie O'Connor @charlieoconn.bsky.social · 20h

Pairings:

Seeler - Sanheim
Ginning - Drysdale
Zamula - Juulsen

Gilbert rotating in a bit.

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Charlie O'Connor @charlieoconn.bsky.social · 20h

Looks like main lines today are:

Konecny - Couturier - Michkov
Dvorak - Zegras - Tippett
Foerster - Cates - Brink
Grebenkin - Luchanko/Abols - Hathaway

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Charlie O'Connor @charlieoconn.bsky.social · 20h

Based on jersey colors, the Flyers might be reuniting the Konecny-Couturier-Michkov line. They're all wearing black, as is the entire Cates line and Deslauriers, who I suspect will be a scratch. Rest of the forwards are wearing orange.

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Charlie O'Connor @charlieoconn.bsky.social · 20h

Whole group is on the ice for Flyers practice in Raleigh this afternoon. No absences, aside from the IR guys.

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Charlie O'Connor @charlieoconn.bsky.social · 22h

It seemed obvious after last year that this lineup needed a serious retool. Instead, we got "they can change their approach!" And they did... sort of. But the end result was exactly the same. And it's a bummer b/c I like them & wish they had it in them. But they clearly don't.

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Charlie O'Connor @charlieoconn.bsky.social · 22h

With a day to digest the Phils (and no work to distract me), I'm just sad.

Objectively, I know LA is a Great team. And all 3 losses could have swung the other way w/a diff bounce or break. But it just all comes back to the hitting. This lineup just stops hitting when it matters.

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Charlie O'Connor @charlieoconn.bsky.social · 22h

So basically, anything over 50% in terms of expected goal share is good. It means the Flyers generated better quality shots than the other team did when a specific guy was on the ice.

59% is very good. 70+% is very VERY good.

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Charlie O'Connor @charlieoconn.bsky.social · 1d

Written plenty of those stories tbh

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Charlie O'Connor @charlieoconn.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI from last night: My breakdown of the Flyers' loss on opening night to the Florida Panthers.

The good: The Cates line, Dan Vladar, Travis Sanheim, 5v5 play
The bad: Discipline, sustained offense from the other 3 lines, the PP
allphly.com/flyers-panth...

10 observations: Led by Cates line and Vladar, Flyers battle hard but ultimately fall to Panthers - PHLY Sports

Like the Phillies, the Flyers fell 2-1 to the defending champs on Thursday night. Unlike the Phillies, they can leave the building with their heads held high.

allphly.com

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Charlie O'Connor @charlieoconn.bsky.social · 1d

There's a good chance you didn't watch a minute of the Flyers game given the Phillies and Eagles games also being on.

Luckily, I've got you covered with my in-depth 10 Observations breakdown of the 2-1 loss to Florida. It really wasn't all bad for them:
allphly.com/flyers-panth...

10 observations: Led by Cates line and Vladar, Flyers battle hard but ultimately fall to Panthers - PHLY Sports

Like the Phillies, the Flyers fell 2-1 to the defending champs on Thursday night. Unlike the Phillies, they can leave the building with their heads held high.

allphly.com

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Charlie O'Connor @charlieoconn.bsky.social · 1d

Flyers lose their opener to the Panthers by a 2-1 final score.

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Charlie O'Connor @charlieoconn.bsky.social · 1d

Flyers lose their opener to the Panthers by a 2-1 final score.

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Charlie O'Connor @charlieoconn.bsky.social · 1d

Oh man, Travis Konecny just came thiiiiiis close to tying the game, but couldn't bury it at the far post. Great passing sequence with Zegras and Tippett to get it to him. Zegras is finally starting to pop in the third with the puck.

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Charlie O'Connor @charlieoconn.bsky.social · 1d

Panthers score from distance, Marchand rips one top corner. I don't think that changed direction, but Deslauriers did step right in from of Marchand as he took the shot, so it's possible. At the very least, it was an unexpected screen. 2-1 Panthers.

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Charlie O'Connor @charlieoconn.bsky.social · 1d

At 5v5 (per Natural Stat Trick):

12-8 PHI in normal scoring chances
7-3 PHI in HD chances
1.48 - 0.87 in expected goals

The Panthers' big shot advantage is pretty much entirely via their 4 PPs.

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Charlie O'Connor @charlieoconn.bsky.social · 1d

1-1 after 40 minutes. Noah Cates scored the Flyers' first goal of the season, gobbling up a Tyson Foerster rebound and popping it over Sergei Bobrovsky.

Flyers have gotten outshot by a lot (25-15), but at 5v5, they're hanging right with Florida. Just need to avoid penalties.

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Charlie O'Connor @charlieoconn.bsky.social · 1d

Flyers tie it up! Noah Cates bats in a rebound right off a faceoff that Bobrovsky could handle and it's 1-1. Both Philly games with the same score again.

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Charlie O'Connor @charlieoconn.bsky.social · 1d

Jeez, now Dvorak takes a penalty in the neutral zone and the Panthers are right back on the PP. Two straight sloppy n-zone penalties from Zegras and Dvorak.

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Charlie O'Connor @charlieoconn.bsky.social · 1d

Panthers score on the rush with the PP winding down. Lundell from the slot. 1-0 Panthers.

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Stephen 🇵🇸 @tgk.bsky.social · 1d

The Nick Castellanos Experience

Michael Baumann @baumann.bsky.social · 1d

Nick Castellanos has looked like the worst baseball player I've ever seen this series, apart from two enormously clutch doubles

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